Congrats on your new Z and welcome to the forum.
You shouldn't need to do anything to your rotors unless they're warped. When I change pads I just give the rotors a light sanding, but I'm not sure that's the "by the book" way to do it. You do need to be careful with your braking at first while the new pads "bed-in" to the rotors.
You don't need to take the calipers all the way apart to change the pads, so no need to worry about the funky "star" bolts. After you've removed the caliper from the fork lower, just take out the allen-head pin bolt holding the pads and the pad spring and the pads will come out.
Like tires, you'll get several opinions on brake pads. I like EBC HH pads. Some people on this forum have complained about them making a lot of noise, but I haven't experienced that problem. You could also look into Galfer or Carbone-Lorraine (not sure that's spelled right). A search in the Z1000 area for "brake pads" should turn up several discussions on them. Good luck.
You shouldn't need to do anything to your rotors unless they're warped. When I change pads I just give the rotors a light sanding, but I'm not sure that's the "by the book" way to do it. You do need to be careful with your braking at first while the new pads "bed-in" to the rotors.
You don't need to take the calipers all the way apart to change the pads, so no need to worry about the funky "star" bolts. After you've removed the caliper from the fork lower, just take out the allen-head pin bolt holding the pads and the pad spring and the pads will come out.
Like tires, you'll get several opinions on brake pads. I like EBC HH pads. Some people on this forum have complained about them making a lot of noise, but I haven't experienced that problem. You could also look into Galfer or Carbone-Lorraine (not sure that's spelled right). A search in the Z1000 area for "brake pads" should turn up several discussions on them. Good luck.
